CBMG: FDA Designations for Cell Therapy to Treat DLBCL
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted both a Fast Track Designation and a Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy Designation (RMAT) to Cellular Biomedicine’s (CBMG) autologous b-specific therapy, C-CAR039, for the treatment of patients with diffuse...
FDA IND Approval: SNIPR001 to Target E. coli Infections
SNIPR BIOME has announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved their Investigational New Drug (IND) application for SNIPR001 to target E. coli infections in cancer patients. E. coli bacteria live in the intestines of healthy people and while most...
Advanced NSCLC: EC Approval of Lumykras Treatment
The European Commission (EC) has granted a conditional marketing authorization for Amgen’s LUMYKRAS (sotorasib) to treat advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with the KRAS G12C mutation in adults. NSCLC is the leading lung cancer diagnosis globally and includes...
FDA sNDA: REXULTI to Treat Pediatric Schizophrenia
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for Otsuka and H. Lundbeck’s drug REXULTI for the treatment of schizophrenia in pediatric patients aged 13 to 17. Schizophrenia is a life-long serious disease that is...
European Commission: ODD for ASTX727 to Treat AML
The European Commission (EC) has granted orphan-drug designation (ODD) for Astex Pharma’s oral fixed dose ASTX727 to treat Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). AML, a blood cancer characterized by the overproduction of immature white blood cells within the bone marrow, is...
FDA RMAT Designation: Posoleucel to Treat Adenovirus (AdV)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation for AlloVir’s posoleucel (Viralym-M, ALVR105) to treat adenovirus (AdV) infection following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HCT). AdV...